Occupational and Environmental Medicine: The Internist's Role
Excerpt
The relation between health and the environment is attracting increased attention from the public and the scientific community. As members of the public become increasingly concerned about health hazards in their living and working environments, they often turn to primary care physicians with questions about exposures and risks. The American College of Physicians (ACP) recognizes that internists need a framework for assessing these issues and offers this broad overview for the practicing internist. This paper provides a context for further exploration of the internist's role in occupational and environmental medicine and will serve as a springboard for specific ACP strategies
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Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments: The American College of Physicians thanks Linda Hawes Clever, MD, for manuscript review and suggestions.
Article and Author Information
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↵* This paper was authored by Edwin M. Kilbourne, MD, and Janet Weiner, MPH, and was developed for the Health and Public Policy Committee by the Health Promotion Subcommittee: Lynn B. Tepley, MD, Chair; Frank Calia, MD; Richard A. Goodman, MD; Charles E. Lewis, MD; Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH; and Robert H. Rubin, MD. Members of the Health and Public Policy Committee for 1989-1990 were: Paul F. Griner, Chair; Thomas P. Almy, MD; F. Daniel Duffy, MD; John M. Eisenberg, MD; Richard G. Farmer, MD; Donald I. Feinstein, MD; Jerome P. Kassirer, MD; Lockhart B. McGuire, MD; H. Denham Scott, MD; Steven A. Schroeder, MD; Lynn B. Tepley, MD; and Quentin D. Young, MD. This paper was approved by the Board of Regents on 2 February 1990.
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Requests for Reprints: Linda Johnson White, Director, Department of Scientific Policy, American College of Physicians, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572.
- © 1990 American College of Physicians
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